Snow Patrol? Matt Pond PA? You're clearly not giving the lead singer enough credit for his vocal emotion or brilliant lyrics nor the band for its musical talent. It's more like a Scottish version of Manchester Orchestra meets The National. It should be straight 10s all the way down. Decent review considering this should have been reviewed and highlighted through the entire year already and not when people here have been so terribly misled and believe Lydia and Copeland somehow made the best albums of the year. It's downright embarrassing and you got that right. Album of the year right here. /semi-joking rant ;)